The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-06

A vacant lot nearly opposite the derrick
contains shanty, goat shed and usually
demure goat. Some young lads use tne
lot every Sunday as football ground
They were kicking the ball about with
great glee when the goat came out OF the
Shed and Mrs. Doolan, its owner, came 10
the door of her shanty. The goat gazed
with disapproval on the bounding ball. then
leveled its horns and went out TO meet II.
The encounter was not conducive TO the
goats peace of mind and it essayed another
attack The BOYS by common consent
made the goat the goal of the game and
pelted it with the big ball until it was
knocked over on its side, and Mrs Dooiah
rushed among them to rescue 1t and barely
escaped being hit herself
At one point near the end of old Broad
way, where the houses are poor and the peo-
pie likewise, some lads were playing horse.
They rugged up an d soap box on wheels
into something like a fire engine A boy at
a distant point pounded on tin pan as
mimic alarm of fire, and the portable soap
box drawn by fieet-footed boys quickly re-
spondod. One of the horses lost his shoe
and youngster, whose father Is black
smith, took him aside, took his foot between
his legs, after the manner of smith shoe
ing a horse, and hammered the shoe back
into place While the soap box brigade
were waiting at the roadside dandyish lit
tic boy from one OF the mansions on the
boulevard came along driving pretty
black pony hitched TO a dog cart. Instantly
the poor boys, whose soap box looked more
mean than ever beside the handsome dog
cart, greeted its driver with such;
"Where'd we git de meat wagon" On.
take de plug pony away The boy quickly
turned his steed about and drove away to
escape the criticisms of the fire brigade. He
found, however, that he had jumped out OF
the frying pan into the fire. he turned
down Oh the brOa. boulevard near one
Hundred and Thirty-fifth street and ran
into a crowd of boys who were PLAYING
hockey, which some have called pedestrian
polo They fairly filled up the street and
were knocking the ball hither and yon with
great energy. In one of its flights it hit
the pony, which reared, turned sharply
about and nearly threw the lad from his
seat. He tried to drive in an opposite d.
rection only to encounter another of the
gangs of hockey players that virtually take
possession of the boulevard on Sunday, anu
he was compelled 10 take cross street and
a roundabout way home
Just before you reach Manhattan street
on the boulevard you pass some old shan
ties. There is at least one goat to each
Shanty. Two boys crept into the shanty
village and lassooed a goat of the color of a
dirty door mat They led it away despite
its protest, rugged up bride, put an i'm
provised bit in its mouth and whipped IT
into canter They drove it up and down
the street and then in a moment of unwis-
dom born of too much fun they galloped it
near its residence. They were driving it to
beat all previous records when there was
yell from among the humble huts, ana
very large and muscular woman dashed
among the drivers and retainers of the goat
and scattered blows on their heads as she
yelled.
An ha, we young spalpeensl Dive
caught We now Now OF know why me
goat keeps so poor all the while Ye've
been driven him to death widout me know
edge. Take that, and that, ye young dew
ils!n
The race was declared off ard the ex-
hausted goat was taken home.
AMOS J. CUMMINGS.